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Lewy Body Life helps care partners, family and friends understand and navigate the often complex and unpredictable Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) journey. Here real people with real experience and real insight share essential information for caring and coping. They also guide you to professional resources, strategies and support networks that can help increase awareness and understanding of LBD and aid you in your LBD journey.
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Are you seeing your person behave differently when you're home alone versus when others are visiting or you're out in public? In the LBD community, this is called Showtime. In this episode, we discuss what 'Showtime' is, how it can affect your relationships with family and friends, and how it can impact you. We also talk about various strategies you can use to cope with these issues.
With LBD, medical emergencies typically have many complicating factors. Here are steps you can take to achieve better outcomes every step of the way for the person with LBD and for yourself.
With LBD, situations can shift quickly and unexpectedly put care partners in danger. Here's how to protect yourself — and the person with LBD — before, during and after a violent episode.
Are you caring for someone with LBD who's hearing, seeing, touching, smelling or tasting things that aren't there? Or thinking unfounded or nonsensical thoughts? In this episode we delve into hallucinations and delusions — what they are, how to navigate them and when to seek medication.
Simple but powerful techniques you can use every day to help prevent situations from escalating and why healthy detachment is important to your well being.
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